Zwiastowice

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Zwiastowice
Schwesterwitz
Village
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Zwiastowice
Coordinates: 50°20′9″N17°57′59″E / 50.33583°N 17.96639°E / 50.33583; 17.96639
Country Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Prudnik
Gmina Głogówek
First mentioned1233
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration OPR

Zwiastowice [zvjastɔˈvit͡sɛ] , additional name in German: Schwesterwitz, [1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, [2] close to the Czech border.

The village is named after a person named Zwiast, and was mentioned under the Latinized Old Polish name Zuestoua in a document from 1233. [3] It was a possession of the Cistercians until secularization in 1810. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Państwowy Rejestr Nazw Geograficznych – miejscowości – format XLSX , Place Names Register of Poland – PRNG, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, 23 August 2025, PRNG identifier: 162469
  2. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  3. 1 2 "Zwiastowice" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 January 2025.


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